Thread: Openssh on N900
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borisR is offline borisR
2009-10-21 , 14:43
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#8
Originally Posted by lorelei View Post
I'm not entirely convinced by that: to keep alive the WiFi, having traffic on the interface should be enough. By pinging from an external source the device, you will generate traffic (both inbound and outbound), thus keeping alive the WiFi...but maybe it's different on the N900?
That's what I thought while pinging N900 from outside. It did not work. Pinging other way around keeps wifi active, with no packet loss. The time is between 10-40 msec, as opposite to 2 sec. This is probably specific to N900.